GUITAR ICONS: A Musical Instrument Auction to Benefit Music Rising

Lot 17. Green Day Band-Signed Epiphone Les Paul Special. An Epiphone Les Paul Special electric guitar signed by Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, and Tre Cool. The guitar consists of a basswood body with a bolt on mahogany neck and is equipped with an Epiphone 700T bridge humbucker and an Epiphone 650R neck humbucker. Manufactured in 2016, the serial number, “16121302240” is printed on the back of the headstock. The body of the guitar is signed in gold felt pen by Green Day, “Billie Joe Armstrong, “Tre Cool,” and “Mike Dirnt XX.” The instrument exhibits only minor wear and light handling to the body.

Opening Bid: $3,000

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GUITAR ICONS: A Musical Instrument Auction to Benefit Music Rising

Published on Nov 17, 2021

Van Eaton Galleries

Van Eaton Galleries is proud to present Music Rising, an exhibition and auction to benefit musicians of New Orleans. This incredible auction brings many of the greatest musicians of the last several decades together to help support struggling musicians that were devastated by the Covid-19 pandemic and by Hurricane Ida. The Edge, lead guitarist of the world renowned rock band U2, along with band producer Bob Ezrin, are co-founders of Music Rising, a charitable organization whose mission is to aid struggling musicians in the Gulf South region of the United States in the aftermath of catastrophic life events. To help support this cause, guitars and other artifacts were provided by U2's The Edge, Elton John, Rush's Alex Lifeson, The Rolling Stone's Ronnie Wood, Guns N' Roses' Slash, Kings of Leon, The Velvet Underground's Lou Reed, and many others. The collection contains a plethora of concert-used instruments and personally-owned artifacts from these industry legends. More details: vegalleries.com/musicrising